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International Packing Lists

What to pack for every international trip — beach holidays, backpacking, safari, city breaks, ski and more. Destination-specific guides built from real travel experience.

🏖️ Beach Holiday A beach holiday — whether Mediterranean, Caribbean, Southeast Asian or domestic — has the most unive... See packing list → 🏛️ European City Break A European city break — Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Prague — rewards light, flexible ... See packing list → ✈️ Long Haul Flight A long haul flight of 10+ hours is a different experience to short hops — what's in your hand luggag... See packing list → 🇹🇭 Thailand Holiday Thailand is one of the world's most popular holiday destinations — beaches, temples, street food and... See packing list → 🌺 Bali Holiday Bali blends beach resorts, jungle trekking, temple culture and world-class surfing in a compact isla... See packing list → 🇯🇵 Japan Holiday Japan rewards thoughtful packing — the country is clean, efficient and incredibly walkable, but the ... See packing list → 🎒 Backpacking Southeast Asia The classic Southeast Asia backpacking circuit — Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia — is o... See packing list → 🇺🇸 USA Road Trip A USA road trip is one of the great travel experiences — whether it's Route 66, Pacific Coast Highwa... See packing list → 🦁 African Safari An African safari demands the most specific packing of almost any trip — khaki and neutral colours, ... See packing list → 🏔️ Alps Ski Holiday Skiing in the Alps — France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy — is the definitive European ski experience... See packing list → 🚢 Cruise Holiday Cruise packing has unique requirements: formal nights, port-day daywear, sea days, and strict rules ... See packing list → 💑 Honeymoon A honeymoon is the one trip where you're allowed to overpack slightly — the occasions call for it. W... See packing list → 💼 Business Travel Business travel rewards ruthless packing discipline — every extra item is dead weight through airpor... See packing list → 🇲🇦 Morocco Holiday Morocco is North Africa's most visited country — a heady mix of medinas, desert, mountains and Atlan... See packing list → 🏝️ Maldives Holiday The Maldives is the ultimate luxury beach destination — overwater villas, bioluminescent lagoons, wo... See packing list → 🗽 New York City New York City is one of the world's most walked cities — the grid system makes it endlessly explorab... See packing list → 🇦🇪 Dubai Holiday Dubai combines ultramodern architecture, desert adventures, luxury shopping and year-round sunshine ... See packing list → 🇦🇺 Australia Holiday Australia is vast — packing for a two-week trip covering Sydney, the Outback and the Great Barrier R... See packing list → 🇨🇦 Canada Road Trip Canada offers some of the world's most spectacular road trip routes — the Icefields Parkway in Alber... See packing list → 🇮🇳 India Holiday India is the most intensely rewarding and challenging destination on this list — a country of extrao... See packing list → 🇬🇷 Greece Holiday Greece — islands, ruins, olive groves and the clearest blue water in Europe. From the Cyclades (Sant... See packing list → 🇮🇹 Italy Holiday Italy rewards good planning more than almost anywhere in Europe — Rome, Florence and Venice are walk... See packing list → 🇵🇹 Portugal Holiday Portugal is Europe's most value-for-money destination for UK travellers — Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve... See packing list → 🇮🇸 Iceland Holiday Iceland is unlike anywhere else — volcanoes, geysers, waterfalls, northern lights and puffins all wi... See packing list → ☀️ Packing for Hot Weather Whether you're heading to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia or simply hoping for a he... See packing list → 🧊 Packing for Cold Climates Whether you're heading to Scandinavia, Canada, Iceland, Japan in winter, or simply to any destinatio... See packing list → 🌧️ Packing for Rainy Destinations Some of the world's most spectacular destinations are also its wettest — the Scottish Highlands, Ice... See packing list → 🇨🇦 Toronto Toronto is Canada's largest city — a walkable, multicultural metropolis with great food, waterfront,... See packing list → 🏖️ Algarve The Algarve is Europe's most popular beach destination for British tourists — dramatic limestone sea... See packing list → 🇩🇪 Berlin Berlin is Europe's most creatively alive city — art, history, music, street food and club culture in... See packing list → 🏰 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik's walled Old Town is one of Europe's most beautiful — limestone-paved streets, Baroque chu... See packing list → 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of Asia's most exhilarating cities — a vertical forest of skyscrapers, incredible f... See packing list → 🏝️ Fuerteventura Fuerteventura is the beach lover's Canary Island — 150km of white sand beaches, year-round sunshine,... See packing list → 🇳🇿 Auckland Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and most visitors' entry point. It sits on an isthmus between... See packing list → 🌺 Madeira Madeira is one of Europe's most underrated islands — subtropical forests, dramatic clifftop levada w... See packing list → 🇵🇱 Krakow Krakow is one of Central Europe's most beautiful cities — a remarkably preserved medieval centre, th... See packing list → 🇨🇦 Vancouver Vancouver sits between mountains and ocean in a way no other major city does — ski in the morning, k... See packing list → 🌺 Honolulu & Hawaii Honolulu is the gateway to Hawaii — Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, Pearl Harbour, and the perfect base... See packing list → 🇩🇪 Hamburg Hamburg is Germany's second city and most underrated — an enormous port city with a great music scen... See packing list → 🇨🇾 Paphos, Cyprus Paphos is Cyprus's most visited resort town — UNESCO-listed archaeological sites, calm blue Med wate... See packing list → 🇪🇪 Tallinn Tallinn has one of the best-preserved medieval old towns in Europe and is consistently one of the mo... See packing list → 🇬🇷 Corfu Corfu is the greenest of the Greek islands — olive groves, Venetian architecture in Corfu Town, and ... See packing list → 🇪🇸 Malaga Malaga has transformed from a Costa del Sol stopover into a genuine city-break destination in its ow... See packing list → 🇭🇷 Split, Croatia Split is built around and inside a Roman emperor's palace — Diocletian's Palace forms the entire old... See packing list → 🇵🇪 Lima, Peru Lima is usually a stopover before Machu Picchu, but the city deserves more time than most visitors g... See packing list → 🇯🇴 Amman, Jordan Amman is usually the arrival point before Petra and Wadi Rum, but the city itself rewards a couple o... See packing list → 🎢 Orlando & Theme Parks Orlando is the world's theme park capital — Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and more, all with... See packing list →